Fora bright display of color, plant Verbenas 

~ MICHELL’S 
Treat as Annuals. 

Verbena, Dwarf Upright Michell’s Exhibition 







Dwarf Upright Michell’s Exhibition 
This new dwarf upright type is a fine 
addition to the Verbena group. The plants 
are dwarf and well branched and produce 
large flower-heads. The individual florets 
have distinct eyes and the color-range is 
a choice mixture of bright shades. This 
type is fine for bedding and borders. Pkt. 
25c.; large pkt. $1.00; loz. $2.00. 

Grandiflora, Giant Salmon Queen 
New Bush Type 
A broad, flat-topped, bushy plant about 8 
to 10 inches high and 12 to 15 inches across. 
The flower-heads are large and well filled 
with broad-petaled florets of an unusually 
pleasing shade of bright salmon-pink, each 
with a small white eye. Besides its many 
advantages as a border plant, the 8 to 10- 
inch straight stems and attractive color make 
it very desirable for bouquets. Pkt. 25c.; 
large pkt. 75c. 
Hybrida Grandiflora Giant Varieties 
One of the most popular garden annuals 
for beds and massing, and cannot be excelled 
for a gorgeous display during the summer 
months. 
Annapolis Blue. The first mid-blue Ver- 
bena that does not have a tendency to 
have a purple cast to the florets—a real 
deep Belladonna-blue. A strong husky 
grower with large trusses of 3-inch flowers. 
Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 60c. 
Brilliant. This new Verbena is a rich deep 
flame-rose with a medium-sized white eye 
that helps bring out the intense flame color. 
Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 60c. 
Crimson Glow. The deepest red shade 
available in this popular garden flower. A 
rich, glowing crimson, the flowers are a 
solid mass of color. Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 60c. 
296 HENRY F. 

MICHELL CO., 
VERBENAS 
1 to 4 ft. 
Beauty of Oxford Hybrids, Mixed. Orig- 
inator’s Stock Seed. A fine giant hybrid 
resulting from a cross between Lumimosa 
and Beauty of Oxford. The color shades 
from clear rose-pink to rose-red, making 
this the brightest rose Verbena ever pro- 
duced from seed. Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 60c. 
Etna. The finest and brightest color in Ver- 
benas—an intense geranitum-red with a 
small yellow eye; very large. Pkt. 15c.; 
large pkt. 60c. °- 
Lavender Glory. A truly magnificent laven- 
der variety of gigantic size. Undoubtedly 
the most glorious color in Verbenas, being 
a true lavender, with medium-sized creamy 
white eye. Very fragrant. Pkt. 15c.; large 
pkt. 60c. 
Lucifer. Large flowers of an intense deep 
cardinal-scarlet throughout. Pkt. 15c.; 
large pkt. 60c. 
Luminosa. Gigantic blooms of flame-pink, 
toning to softer shades of pink and coral. 
Pkt. 15c.; Iarge*pkt. 60c. 
Newport Salmon. Michell Novelty. An 
excellent giant-flowering, true salmon- 
pink with white eye. Extra-large florets. 
Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 60c. 
Royale. Rich deep royal blue flowers of 
enormous size, with creamy yellow eye. 
Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 60c. 
Mammoth Fancy Verbenas 
This strain produces trusses of large flow- 
ers of the most brilliant colors and shades. 
Blue Shades Pure White 
Pink Shades Mixed 
Scarlet Shades 
Any of above, pkt. 10c.; large pkt. 40c.; 
0z. $2.00 
Perennial. 12 in. 
Venosa. Hardy Garden Verbena. Helio- 
trope-blue. Fine for bedding. Pkt. 10c.; 
large pkt. 40c. 
Zinnia, Black Ruby 

516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 

Zinnia, Fantasy 
XANTHISMA TEXANUM 
Star of Texas 
Annual. 18 in. 
One of the prettiest annuals and deserves 
to be very popular. The light canary-yellow 
flowers are single, daisy-like, with long- 
pointed petals.. Stems are wiry and excellent 
for cutting. Will do well in dry, open places. 
Pkt. 25c.; large pkt. 60c. 
ZINNIAS 
Youth and Old Age 
Hardy Annuals. 6 to 30 in. 
One of the most showy and satisfactory of 
our hardy annuals for beds, mixed borders, 
and for cutting purposes. Easy to grow in any 
good garden soil. They commence flowering 
early in the summer and continue until frost. 
Howard’s New Giant Crested Choice 
Mixture. A cross between the Dahlia- 
flowered and Scabious-flowered types. Mag- 
nificent shades of orange, orange-scarlet, 
yellow, rose, maize, and crimson. As cut- 
flowers they are without a peer. Pkt. 25c.; 
large pkt. 60c.; lgoz. 75c. 
Scabious-flowered 
Autumn Tints, Mixed. The flowers range 
through all the gorgeous autumn tints, in- 
cluding orange, bronze, russet, dull red, 
carmine-red, and imtermediate shades. 
Pkt. 15c.; large pkt. 50c.; 1goz. $1.00. 
Mixed. New. Medium-sized flowers re- 
sembling the annual scabiosa. Fine for 
cutting. Choice mixed colors. Pkt. 15c.; 
large pkt. 50c.; loz. 75c. : 
Fantasy or Chrysanthemum-flowered 
Zinnias 
Star Dust. Novelty. All-America Winner. 
It has the same shaggy-petaled, medium- 
sized flowers as the mixture, but the color 
is a rich deep golden yellow. Plants grow 
21% to 3 feet tall. The type is very free 
flowering and early blooming. Pkt. 15c.; 
large pkt. 50c.; Woz. 90c. ‘ 
Wildfire. Rich dazzling scarlet. Free 
blooming, 21% to 3 feet in height. Pkt. 25c.; 
large pkt. 50c. 
Miixed Colors. (Bodger.) Novelty. A new 
Zinnia, the rounded flowers of which are 
composed of a mass of shaggy, ray-like 
petals which give a delicate and refined 
appearance to the medium-sized, double 
flowers. The color-range includes the 
brightest red and orange, as well as the 
popular pastel pinks and creams. Pkt. 15c.; 
large pkt. 50c.; 40z. 75c. 
PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
